Monthly Archives: October 2004
Vintela Aces Group Policies
Although IT managers likely havent heard of tiny Vintela Inc., eWEEK Labs tests show the companys namesake Group Policy offering could be just the...
Unit Shipments on Rise
The global PC market grew in the third quarter, by how much depends on reports from market researchers IDC and Gartner released last week.IDC...
Quiet Computing
Computer makers have begun phasing out the current decade-old desktop PC chassis in favor of a newer design aimed at giving PCs the thermal...
Yoran and Spafs Law
In his book "Practical Unix and Internet Security," Professor Gene Spafford of Purdue University spells out Spafs first principle of security administration: "If you...
Users Want Freedom to Be Wrong
People resent involuntary risks. In studies of the unconscious trade-off thats made between acceptable risk and reward, it appears that an imposed risk seems...
Silex Adds Biometric Devices, Software
Silex Technology this week will launch new biometric fingerprint readers and authentication software to help safeguard data on PCs, laptops and PDAs.The new devices...
Check Point Refines InterSpect
As vendors pour into the internal security market, Check Point Software Technologies Inc., among the first entrants in this space, continues to refine its...
VirusScan 8.0i Goes Proactive
In VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i, McAfee has beefed up its enterprise-grade, host-based anti-virus solution to proactively deal with worms and malware that may not yet...
Quantum Makes Leap into Linear Tape Open Field
In a move experts say will level the playing field in the Linear Tape Open technology arena, Quantum Corp. has agreed to purchase Certance,...
Seybold: PDA Users Will Support Wi-Fi Costs
SAN FRANCISCO—While high-speed wireless data networks are evolving rapidly, it is PDA users, not laptop PC users, who will make these systems profitable and...